"My turn, draw a card."
Yugen waved his hand.
"I flip the monster on the field that I had covered. The monster I had covered is this—
—Dragon Rider, Flip Summon!"
[Dragon Rider, Attack Power 700]
"The flip effect of Dragon Rider," Yugen said, "When this card is flipped, until the end of this turn, I can take control of one face-up Dragon-type monster on the opponent's field.
Therefore, I take control of your 'Blue-Eyes White Dragon'!"
AI Kaiba: "!?"
Why the hell did you bring this thing?
What is the meaning of this nonsense?
Then we saw a knight in a red cape leap forward, skillfully jumping onto the back of Blue-Eyes White Dragon.
In a flash, Blue-Eyes White Dragon was brought to Yugen's field with the agile rider.
The students below the stage were in an uproar.
"He can actually tame the legendary Blue-Eyes White Dragon. Hehehe, guys, I'm so excited!"
"That's our leader Yugen for you, easily achieving what we didn't even dare to dream of..."
AI Kaiba: "You bastard..."
Of course, the audience's perspective naturally grew more entertaining; they felt they had never seen such an interesting duel. The observers were gradually forgetting about being system-locked and hijacked into the arena, as each watched with relish, with even passersby starting to cheer for Yugen...
It seems every world has people who love fun, who wouldn't want to watch such interesting entertainment?
After traversing worlds and through continuous duels and environmental research, Yugen quickly discovered that duelists in this world had an inexplicable fondness for dragons.
Of course, this was normal. After all, from a realistic perspective, K Society has always been fond of dragons, the President Kaiba leading the dueling world in this world is also dragon-obsessed, and dragons themselves are cool and powerful, becoming a popular race was inevitable.
So, when choosing a side deck, Yugen casually stocked it with a bunch of unusual weapons specifically for dragon-slaying. After all, there's no limit to side deck slots, and packing these relatively worthless nonsensical things in abundance doesn't affect much.
As they say, forewarned is forearmed, today it sure came in handy.
Take, for example, the next card as well.
"Although I took control of Blue-Eyes, since 'Dragon Race Sealing Pot' is still on the field, all dragons cannot attack, including those on my field.
Therefore..."
Yugen drew another card from his hand.
"I will use 'Blue-Eyes White Dragon' as a sacrifice for an Upper-level Summon!"
At that moment, it was as if he heard the sound of AI Kaiba's teeth grinding.
"You son of a ..."
If there's anything more infuriating to the President than losing Blue-Eyes, it's losing it and having it sacrificed.
If there's anything more infuriating than sacrificing Blue-Eyes, it's that what was summoned as a result is specifically targeted...
"Upper-level Summon, Level Six, Dragon Slayer!"
[Dragon Slayer, Attack Power 2000]
"Effect of Dragon Slayer, when this card is successfully summoned, destroy face-up Dragon-type monsters." Yugen pointed to Kaiba's field again, "Destroy 'Crystal Dragon'!"
The blue-green demon glared forward, then roared at the sight of Crystal Dragon, as if declaring, "I'm here to slay dragons!"
With a thunderous crash, Crystal Dragon shattered into a pile of icy shards, smashing into pieces.
Actually, in Yugen's view, this isn't particularly excellent, requiring a sacrifice summon to destroy a Dragon-type, and only having 2000 attack points as a six-star. The Emperor Card Deck's "Thunder Emperor" has 2400 attack power as a five-star, and can indiscriminately destroy monsters regardless of attribute or race.
Of course, perhaps Emperor Series cards are rare cards that have yet to be seen. So overall, this card is only deemed as somewhat effective against Dragon Tamers in this early environment, and not very strong.
But if there's one advantage, it's that the taunting name "Dragon Slayer" maxes out the effect, as if saying "I'm after you" with its effect.
In other words, it has a better chance of crumbling the other side's mentality before depleting their LP if used in combination with other target-specific cards.
The AI on the other side was momentarily silent, as if rendered speechless.
It might be thinking, "Maybe I'm not human, but you're a real...dog."
Otherwise, see for yourself, are these things a mortal human should have?
"Dragon Slayer, direct attack," Yugen ordered.
But AI had a counterstrategy: "Open the cover card, Trap Card - Counterattack Gate! When the opponent's monster attacks directly, negate that attack and draw one card from the deck!"
A transparent defensive gate materialized before him, and Dragon Slayer's full-force attack pounded against that barrier, its impact fully absorbed, transforming into golden light and entering his deck.
"Attack negated, and I draw a card from the deck!"
"Then use 'Dragon Rider' to attack directly," Yugen said.
Deprived of his mount, Dragon Rider's combat power had plummeted, but he still charged forward with his sword, slicing down upon AI Kaiba's head from above. The AI's hologram flickered and distorted accordingly.
[AI Kaiba, LP 4000→LP 3300]
"Then I'll set three cards in the backfield, and end my turn."
With the appearance of special effects of golden light, three more ominous cover cards emerged, prompting spectators to gasp.
This person had already reached this Underworld level by the second turn, yet there are three more cover cards in the backfield...
The three cover cards hadn't even been activated yet, and the crowd felt a faint chill, as if the entire arena had cooled a bit.
"Who is this young man? He can suppress that Kaiba's deck like this..."
A random person in the building wondered.
"Wait a minute, I think I've seen... this is the champion of this year's Moonlight Cup competition!"
"What? That newcomer who crushed the legendary Duelist Ryuzaki Kyoryu in the finals?"
"Isn't this meeting the real expert? This is way too strong..."
"..."
To AI Kaiba's turn: "Draw a card!"
AI Brother seemed visibly frustrated, and didn't seem in the mood this turn to say dramatic lines like "Full speed ahead" or "Third-rate Duelist" cosplaying the original.
"Activate the Magic Card 'Dragon Awakening Melody' from hand!" AI Kaiba said, "Discard a card from the hand, add up to two Dragon-type monsters with an Attack Power above 3000 and Defense Power below 2500 from the deck to the hand!"
Just hearing it feels like it's straight up printed with Blue-Eyes' ID on it.
"I add these two cards from the deck to my hand..."
AI Kaiba drew two cards searched from the deck, dramatically flicking them with his arm.
"I add another 'Blue-Eyes White Dragon' and a 'Blue-Eyes Sub-White Dragon' to my hand!"
Yugen slightly furrowed his brows.
As expected, there's already Blue-Eyes Sub-White Dragon.
"Effect of Blue-Eyes Sub-White Dragon! This card can be Special Summoned by revealing a 'Blue-Eyes White Dragon' from the hand to the opponent.
Thus, I reveal the 'Blue-Eyes White Dragon' I just searched!"
AI Kaiba slapped the card on his virtual Duel Disc, and for that instant, it seemed like endless cerulean light erupted from the Duel Disc.
"Let that light illuminate the void, with power shaking the heavens and the earth! Now appear here—
—Level Eight, Blue-Eyes Sub-White Dragon!!!"
Like dazzling blue light emerging from the projection of the firmament, a dragon's roar sounded from the blazing luminosity, echoing like divine thunder across the skies.
Sub-White Dragon broke through the light, spreading its wings almost like two vast blue canopies, its roar resonating as if piercing through three thousand years of time and space.
Blue-Eyes Sub-White Dragon, Summon!